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Jerry the Geek’s beloved Sandie passed away this past weekend. I grew up in his town; though I moved away long ago, and I’ve never met him, or the late She Who Must Be Obeyed, I’ve corresponded with him on … Continue reading →

Has me rather… eh. Mostly because our government has a habit of making secret so much information that is instead pedestrian or politically damaging, rather than damaging to National Security. If you make everything secret, then you damage the value … Continue reading →

As some of you know, among other things, my job involves writing my employers’ contracts with consumers who use our services.  One of the best weapons has been the arbitration provision — keeps disputes private, keeps them out of court, … Continue reading →

We wouldn’t be having these TSA pat-downs & invasive scans if Bush hadn’t started this ball rolling. Obama owns this current mess, but only because Bush gave him the power to do it.

Greenwald hammers The Nation for counting themselves amongst the legion of media bootlickers who bow before the might of government for the illusion of safety. We need to apply a new label to these “journalists”, and that label is “coward”. … Continue reading →

We need something like this.

Here’s how it looked at 170 degrees (fell asleep and left it on a bit long). Tastes great. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Where 1.0 from this morning was at 160 degrees a mere two hours in, Turkey 2.0 is only at 150 degrees after two-and-a-half hours. Side note: whatever ad agency decided to mix “Deck the Halls” with “Bust A Move” is … Continue reading →

The pork was done after another hour or so. Turkey 2.0 is doing nicely too. – Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

So the blackened skin on the one I smoked this ayem is nigh inedible (although the meat is unbelievably smoky and good) and as the smoke is still going I figured I’d try a second one and not burn it … Continue reading →